Environmental impact caused by fungal and particle contamination of Portuguese swine

WIT Transactions on Biomedicine and Health

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-24

  Viegas, C ^a   Viegas, S ^a,b   Almeida Silva, M ^a,c   Verissimo C ^d   Sabino, R ^d  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Air contamination; Environmental impact; Fungal contamination; Particles; Swine

Indexed keywords

AIR CONTAMINATION; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICLES; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; PARTICLE CONTAMINATION; SWINE; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

ASPERGILLUS; CONTAMINATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84878099096     PISSN: 17433525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/EHR130021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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